Free and Open Source Software

re-publicado de: https://lemmy.eco.br/post/24729186

Ultimamente eu precisei ajudar um amigo à organizar um inventário de dispositivos antigos + um banco de dados dos clientes e aparelhos de celular e notebooks que ele fazia manutenção. Como sempre tive asco em pagar por ferramentas simples ou utilizar serviços de empresas malacabadas que vivem extorquindo seus usuários parti para a busca de uma ferramenta aberta que me proporcionasse uma boa experiência ao organizar esse tipo de informação.

O GetGrist foi um serviço que me chamou atenção e tem, na maneira mais simples vários recursos necessários que outros serviços free não oferecem. Principalmente pelo referenciamento de células e interligação de dados dentro de diferentes tabelas do mesmo projeto. Ali eu consegui fazer um banco de dados conciso com informações do cliente, referenciando a OS (ordem de serviço), linkar diversos dispositivos a um mesmo cliente e ter um controle básico de Entrada/Saída, prioridade e deadline.

O usuário também tem um controle de usuário e edição razoável e consegue limitar o acesso e edição os usuários que você gerencia em regiões pontuais do projeto/células de uma tabela por exemplo.

Diferente de muitas ferramentas que já vi, ele possui um módulo de tutoriais imbutidos na interface, o que garante que alguém no primeiro uso não estará completamente perdido.

Também há uma interface para comentarios dos utilizadores e mantenedores. Enfim, está me servindo bem nos últimos dias e elimina a minha preocupação de encarar algum "quiproquó" ao transformar num banco de dado mais complexo.

Fiquem com a recomendação e vamos aos poucos criando hábitos de fugir dessa palhaçada que estão nos enfiando guela a baixo.

https://docs.getgrist.com/

Lately I needed to help an old friend with a tool to organize his cellphone and PC maintence shop, so I worked in this useful tool called Grist to make simple databases. I would like to reccommend it and ask for other free tools related to simplistic databases and stuff like that.

I wanted to share something I've been building for the past few months.

The idea came from not wanting to pay $50/month for Buffer when I'm posting to Bluesky and Mastodon anyway.

Most schedulers either don't support the fediverse or cost money for basic features. I wanted something open source I could run myself.

What it does:

Schedule posts to 14 platforms (Bluesky, Mastodon, Pixelfed, Threads, LinkedIn, YouTube and more) Per-platform overrides different caption per platform from one screen Analytics syncs engagement stats in background, no live API calls Self-hostable via Docker, one command Still early, looking for feedback on what's missing.

Got a feature request already for PeerTube and Loops support Pixelfed is done, PeerTube is next.

GitHub: Repo

(not trying to promote if this feels off for the community just let me know and I'll remove it)

We are currently in Beta, but the core features are built and ready for testing!

Here is what you can do in this release:

• Connections: Add contacts with their notes, social links, and relationship context.
• Custom Reminders: Set your own check-in frequencies and get daily notifications so you never accidentally let a relationship drift.
• Important Dates: Track birthdays and anniversaries with annual reminders.
• Home Dashboard: See exactly who is due for a check-in at a single glance.
• QR Sharing: Share and import connection profiles completely offline via QR code.
• Data Backup: Full JSON export and import backups. Your data is yours.
• Organization: Search by name and archive connections you don't need in your main view.

Beta Notice: This is an early release, so please use the Data Management -> Export Backup feature regularly to keep your data safe between updates!

If you want to give it a try, report a bug, or help shape the roadmap, I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Community & Feedback: Telegram

Download: Github Releases Codeberg Releases

Just found this issue when trying to figure out why the wgtunnel app wasn't on F-Droid. I found it interesting and I thought maybe you guys would too.

Other related threads/issues:

https://gitlab.com/fdroid/admin/-/work_items/612
https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/27861
https://gitlab.com/IzzyOnDroid/repo/-/work_items/874

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share a project I recently started working on called Tend (Android app built to help you automate the scheduling of your social life).

The idea originally came from a discussion on r/fossdroid about how hard it is to keep in touch with friends and extended family without relying on bloated, cloud-based business CRMs.

Most "Personal CRM" apps require you to upload your contacts to a random server. I wanted something that was 100% offline, private, and simple.

What it does

You can think of it as setting up cron jobs for your relationships.

• Contact Cards: Create dedicated profiles for people you want to keep up with (Name, notes, phone, socials, etc.).
• Custom Frequency: Set a "check-in" schedule (e.g., every 14 days, monthly, quarterly).
• Smart Reminders: The app will notify you when it's time to reach out.
• 100% Offline: Everything is stored locally on your device via SQLite/Room. No accounts, no telemetry, no cloud sync.

Since this is in the initial development phase, I’m looking for feedback on the features and the UI.

Repository

GitHub: https://github.com/jksalcedo/tend Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/jksalcedo/tend

CalyxOS is back – download release 7.2.2.0 with full maintenance support

Soo, i was searching for a SearXNG alternative since it's an hassle to customize the UI, it's also slow and i didn't found much to be honest

The only things i found is Websurfx which look like vibecoded (at least, the readme look like it was wrote by a clanker and in the contributions there is an AI agent)

Do anyone have any suggestion?

Edit: i'd like to not spend money on a search engine tbh...that's why i'd like to self-host or use a public instance

Edit 2: i found out about those:

https://github.com/Ahwxorg/LibreY (kinda dead tbh)

https://git.bwaaa.monster/omnisearch (works but some engines don't)

Edit 3: parentesis

Edit 4: Degoog may be the solution, i am still open to other solutions tho

Are there currently usable FOSS tools for speech to text conversion (transcription) available under GNU/Linux? Purpose is transcribing stuff like downloaded podcasts. I don't need or want any kind of GUI tool. Just a CLI program that takes an audio file and converts it to text. I know there are various proprietary systems that do this, such as youtube transcription. One of my questions is whether the free stuff that's out there is anywhere near as good. I'm not too concerned about the input format (I can convert with ffmpeg), or about CPU time within reason (I don't mind letting my server spend all night crunching a 1 hour audio). I'd prefer to not require a GPU but if that helps a lot, I can get hold one of one as needed.

Question is about speech to text (STT). I'm not asking about the opposite, text-to-speech (TTS). For some reason people often confuse the two of these.

Thanks!

Hocusfocus is a tool I made to track how long you spend on certain tasks (Working, Studying, Wasting time).

It was initially written in Swift, but was rewritten in Go a while ago. Now, I've rewritten it in Rust.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.thewooskeys.com/post/1269207

A friend of mine made a cool calculator and unit converter. It parses natural English phrases like "how many inches are in 3 feet?" and "300 miles / 65 mph in hours and minutes" and "download 10GB 1Gbps". You can access it from web (including PWA), CLI or as a library. It has a strong FOSS philosophy behind it.

Hi beehaw friends! Long time no C^1^!

Konform Browser version 140.12.0-100 was recently released and if you aren't aware it's time to upgrade! ^2^

Konform Browser is a free/libre and open-source (FLOSS) fork of Firefox ESR with the primary goals of security, privacy, and user freedom. Shows by example how these three goals don’t have to be at odds but support each other and work in harmony. Runs lean and light with lights off out of the box, while making it convenient to toggle on the features you want. All telemetry removed, none added. Fingerprinting and tracking extras with base defaults on par with (or exceeding) Tor Browser, still keeping common-sense tweaks like dark mode and installation of self-built addons available without making a fuss about it. Graceful degradation for private networks and more granular control for those who want a browser that really conforms.

"ESR" means there's a major upgrade coming up soon with the expected jump from Firefox ESR version 140 to 153 next month. Work has already been ongoing for a while to prepare Konform Browser v153 to be the most secure Firefox build at release. Early alpha builds based on FF153beta are available for anyone who wants to do early testing or help out with any other contribution.

Current Konform Browser 140.x is production-ready and expected to keep receiving security updates and bugfixes for at least a couple of release cycles after initial v153 release so users can upgrade at their leisure.

If you try it, would love to hear your feedback on the browser - and if you like it, tell your friends!

FAQ

Installation instructions provided for most Linux distros

New: Artix Linux package, Gentoo ebuild

Releases

Mastodon: https://techhub.social/@konform

^1^ ~but~ ~not~ ~without~ ~C++~

^2^ ~or~ ~install~ ~😘~

Pairdop is an open source, browser based, peer to peer file sharing application.

It is cool because it can find other devices on the network. So you open up pairdrop on one computer, and you open pairdop on another, and then you can see the devices and chat with eachother.

But, you also have the options of:

• Creating a temporary public room for sharing files over the network to another device
• Permanently pairing devices so that they can access eachother after you close the app

In addition to that, it's a progressive web application, so you can "install", and/or the web page does not need internet to load, firefox will cache it and let you use the app even if you don't have internet.

There is a publicly hosted instance you can try: https://pairdrop.net/

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/52054729

Swarm simulator is an open source idle game:

https://github.com/swarmsim/swarm

The Document Foundation argues that people should use the Open Document Format instead of OOXML that is controlled by a single company.

A few of us have put together a forum and wiki in the hopes to build a community focused on collaboration for various open source and creative commons projects. We build the platform a few months ago, but haven't done the greatest job of actually spreading the word and building up the active members, so I'm posting in another attempt to try and spread the word to establish some activity for our community.

In short, the idea behind our website is to:

1. Build a community that is based on genuine connections and collaboration. Our community is a forum and wiki, and hopes to steer towards a slower (and possibly more old school) type of internet - and away from some communities that are mostly article reposts and memes.
2. Libre/foss/creative commons/etc - we want to help generate community that can come together to work on projects that benefit everyone, and in a way, push back against some of the urges of capitalism.
3. Involvement - we want to welcome everyone, but the idea is to eventually create a culture where people are not afraid to contribute small things to many projects. We want to motivate individuals to grow the foss ecosystem without feeling like they need to commit heavily to any one project. Projects can get rekindled and improved on even if others have abandoned it.

Overall, we have a big vision for the community - but at this point we are just trying to get it off the ground and are looking for members to sign up and start some discussions to help us grow.

The goal is to create a community that is able to stand on its own, and outlast myself or any of the other admins. And essentially become a commons space, with the current admins simply acting as a steward that can be replaced if they need/want to step down. In that respect, we hope to get some members and allow the community to grow and evolve the platform to fit the needs of the community.

While modern social media has its place, we felt that the current standing of online collaborative spaces were limiting and often highly niche. We hope that maybe we can grow a space for people of various skills, backgrounds, and ideas can come together to create a creative and productive space - and make some lasting connections as well.

I know this post got a bit lengthy, and many will probably skim over it, but if it's something that sounds interesting to you I would really appreciate it if you came over and checked it out, signed up, and maybe help us get some discussions going to help us grow our community. And of course, if you would be so kind as to helping us spread the word, it would be greatly appreciated - as we spent so much time working on building the site, but none of us are all that great at actually "marketing" the community to actually find new members.

Our forum is: forum.UnfinishedProjects.net

And our wiki, where we hope people will actually build out various projects together is located at:

UnfinishedProjects.net

SSH Pilot is a free, opensource SSH manager and dual-pane SFTP client, with many handy features to make your SSH life easier and more fun :)

I've realesed a new version which adds a Split View feature for displaying multiple terminals inside a single tab.

Check it out here: https://github.com/mfat/sshpilot

Download: https://github.com/mfat/sshpilot/releases

Flathub: https://flathub.org/en/apps/io.github.mfat.sshpilot

cross-posted from: https://leminal.space/post/35929431

New to Nostr on Android. Do you use Amber, Citrine and Morganite for Nostr?

I just downloaded Amethyst to start using Nostr. While looking into setup guides and recommendations, I also came across Amber, Citrine, and Morganite.

Right now I’m wondering how people actually use these together in practice.

Do most of you just use Amethyst by itself and call it a day, or is it worth setting up the “full gem stack”?

Curious what setup you’re using and whether you think the extra apps are worth it.

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In this video, I provide an update in the ongoing dispute between Bambu Lab and the AGPL regarding their 3D printing software. Bambu Lab's slicing software, ...

There's a popular-ish open source game I remember playing a few years ago, Warsow, and when I checked on it now, it's been forked and while the fork is genuinely better and funner to play in so many ways, it expects to be launched through Steam. I wanted to tinker with maps and stuff and started researching, and while I did find what I was looking for somewhat in older Warsow-related threads, when I went to the official warfork-qfusion github repo looking for specific documentation for the new fork, I was greeted with a link to their Discord "if you have any questions". (edit: to be clear, I mean that there was nothing under the "wiki" tab of their official github except for a brief note directing people to their Discord. No real public-facing official documentation that I could find other than that pointer to discord.)

Yet this game brands itself FOSS, and it is technically released under a FOSS license and their github shows that they are actively developing it in cooperation with a community - just not a community you can be in without accepting certain walled gardens. It honestly sucks to see. I wanna access threads discussing this software, but I won't be able to unless I go through an ID verification process and trust a silicon valley company to both secure my data and not use it in some nefarious way. And to even run the game, I had to accept Steam, which I honestly didn't have to do in order to run Warsow back in the day, and I enjoyed that - what was wrong with just shipping a binary and letting people launch it how they like, with optional integrations? What's wrong with having an open forum for tech questions? Why wall the garden that you're making supposedly open products in?

In short, what do you call projects like this - the increasingly common projects that, while technically FOSS, put all their documentation and discussion on discord, and seem to expect their users to swallow unsavory default options or even use proprietary middle-ware or launchers? Proprietary FOSS?

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/46445602

Is this still going to happen? What can we do?